| X Factor | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| Hosted by | Jochen Schropp | 
| Judges | Sarah Connor George Glueck Till Brönner  | 
| Winner | Edita Abdieski | 
| Runner-up | Big Soul | 
| Release | |
| Original network | VOX with first two Kick-off show on RTL | 
| Original release | 20 August – 9 November 2010  | 
| Season chronology | |
The first Season of X Factor was started in 2010. The auditions were held in April 2010. The first show started on 20 August 2010. The Judges are Sarah Connor (16-24), George Glueck (Groups) and Till Brönner (25+).
There are four phases: 1. Auditions 2. Bootcamp 3. Judge's House 4. Live Shows
Judge's House
The 18 acts who reached the Judge's Houses
- Brönner's acts (over 25): Anthony Thet, Denise Modjallal, Sven Merckel, Meral Al-Mer, Edita Abdieski and Alexander Knappe
 - Connor's acts (16-24): Pino Severino, Mati Gavriel, Hendrik Ehrenthal, Caprice Edwards, Marlon Bertzbach and Maximilian Brands
 - Gluek's acts (Groups): Drop-Dead-Dinky-Di, Big Soul, Urban Candy, LaFamille, Karma and Predestination
 
Nine of the 18 acts were eliminated with the 9 remaining moving to the live shows, three from each category. The eliminated acts were:
- (Over 25-s): Alexander Knappe, Denise Modjallal, Sven Merckel
 - (16-24s): Caprice Edwards, Hendrik Ehrental, Maximilian Brands
 - (Groups): Predestination, Karma, Drop-Dead-Dinky-Di
 
Contestants
The live shows commenced on 21 September 2010. The following artists made it to the live shows. Ages are as of the date of the show (2010).
Key:
- – Winner
 - – Runner-up
 
| Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16–24s (Connor) | Marlon Bertzbach (18) | Mati Gavriel (24) | Pino Severino (18) | |
| 25-and-overs (Brönner) | Anthony Thet (30) | Edita Abdieski (25) | Meral Al-Mer (29) | |
| Groups (Glueck) | Big Soul | LaFamille | Urban Candy | |
Big Soul consist of Nadine (28), Alexandra (33), Martina (33), and Michelle (35).
LaFamille consist of Joel (35), Erkan (32) & Guido (31).
Urban Candy consists of Roman (26), Marc (24) & Candy (25).
Results table
Contestants' colour key:
– Till Brönner's contestants (over 25s) – Sarah Connor's contestants (16–24s) – George Glueck's contestants (groups) – Bottom two – Eliminated without a final showdown – Contestant became the Runner-Up – Highest Vote of a Week 
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edita Abdieski | 4th 13.92%  | 
5th 12.91%  | 
3rd 15.33%  | 
3rd 18.15%  | 
3rd 19.43%  | 
1st 27.42%  | 
1st 41.53%  | 
Winner 74.10%  | |
| Big Soul | 1st 25.00%  | 
1st 25.52%  | 
1st 22.40%  | 
2nd 19.50%  | 
2nd 22.50%  | 
4th 23.19%  | 
2nd 30.18%  | 
Runner-Up 25.90%  | |
| Mati Gavriel | 5th 10.36%  | 
4th 13.53%  | 
5th 10.71%  | 
4th 16.33%  | 
5th 14.90%  | 
2nd 25.05%  | 
3rd 28.29%  | 
Eliminated (Week 7)  | |
| Anthony Thet | 6th 7.04%  | 
2nd 14.62%  | 
4th 11.55%  | 
5th 16.31%  | 
1st 27.02%  | 
3rd 24.34%  | 
Eliminated (Week 6)  | ||
| Marlon Bertzbach | 2nd 18.87%  | 
3rd 13.89%  | 
6th 10.52%  | 
1st 20.25%  | 
4th 16.15%  | 
Eliminated (Week 5)  | |||
| Pino Severino | 3rd 15.24%  | 
7th 7.04%  | 
2nd 20.94%  | 
6th 9.46%  | 
Eliminated (Week 4)  | ||||
| Urban Candy | 7th 6.08%  | 
6th 9.21%  | 
7th 8.55%  | 
Eliminated (Week 3)  | |||||
| Meral Al-Mer | 8th 1.80%  | 
8th 2.28%  | 
Eliminated (Week 2)  | ||||||
| LaFamille | 9th 1.69%  | 
Eliminated (Week 1)  | |||||||
| Bottom two | Meral Al-Mer, LaFamille  | 
Meral Al-Mer, Pino Severino  | 
Marlon Bertzbach, Urban Candy  | 
Anthony Thet, Pino Severino  | 
Marlon Bertzbach, Mati Gavriel  | 
Anthony Thet, Big Soul  | 
No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | ||
| Brönner's vote to eliminate | LaFamille | Pino Severino | Urban Candy | Pino Severino | Marlon Bertzbach | Big Soul | |||
| Connors's vote to eliminate | LaFamille | Meral Al-Mer | Urban Candy | Anthony Thet | Marlon Bertzbach | Anthony Thet | |||
| Glueck's vote to eliminate | Meral Al-Mer | Meral Al-Mer | Marlon Bertzbach | Pino Severino | Marlon Bertzbach | Anthony Thet | |||
| Eliminated | LaFamille 2 of 3 votes  | 
Meral Al-Mer 2 of 3 votes  | 
Urban Candy 2 of 3 votes  | 
Pino Severino 2 of 3 votes  | 
Marlon Bertzbach 3 of 3 votes  | 
Anthony Thet 2 of 3 votes  | 
Mati Gavriel 28,29% to save  | 
Big Soul 25,90% to win  | |
| Edita Abdieski 74,10% to win  | |||||||||
Live show details
Week 1 (21 September 2010)
- Theme: Playlist 2010
 - Celebrity Performer: Enrique Iglesias ("I Like It")
 
| Act | Order | Song | Result | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Thet | 1 | "Secrets" | Safe | 
| LaFamille | 2 | "In My Head" | Bottom two | 
| Mati Gavriel | 3 | "Undisclosed Desires" | Safe | 
| Edita Abdieski | 4 | "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" | Safe | 
| Urban Candy | 5 | "Meet Me Halfway" | Safe | 
| Pino Severino | 6 | "She Said" | Safe | 
| Meral Al-Mer | 7 | "Elektrisches Gefühl" | Bottom two | 
| Big Soul | 8 | "Bad Boys" | Safe | 
| Marlon Bertzbach | 9 | "I Like" | Safe | 
| Final showdown details | |||
| Meral Al-Mer | 1 | "Ein Herz kann man nicht reparieren" | Safe | 
| LaFamille | 2 | "Change" | Eliminated | 
- Judges' votes to eliminate
 
- Brönner: LaFamille, backed his own act Meral Al-Mer
 - Connor: LaFamille, due to the lack of surprise and potential
 - Glueck: Meral Al-Mer, backed his own act LaFamille
 
Week 2 (28 September 2010)
- Theme: Blockbuster Night
 - Celebrity Performer: Hurts ("Wonderful Life")
 
| Act | Order | Song | Result | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Pino Severino | 1 | "Killer/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" | Bottom two | 
| Urban Candy | 2 | "Crazy in Love" | Safe | 
| Meral Al-Mer | 3 | "Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann" | Bottom two | 
| Anthony Thet | 4 | "Purple Rain" | Safe | 
| Marlon Bertzbach | 5 | "The Blower's Daughter" | Safe | 
| Edita Abdieski | 6 | "Street Life" | Safe | 
| Mati Gavriel | 7 | "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" | Safe | 
| Big Soul | 8 | "Think" | Safe | 
| Final showdown details | |||
| Meral Al-Mer | 1 | "Young Hearts Run Free" | Eliminated | 
| Pino Severino | 2 | "Stop Me" | Safe | 
- Judges' votes to eliminate
 
- Brönner: Pino Severino, backed his own act Meral Al-Mer
 - Connor: Meral Al-Mer, backed her own act Pino Severino
 - Glueck: Meral Al-Mer, because of missing singing abilities
 
Week 3 (5 October 2010)
- Theme: King & Queens of Pop
 - Celebrity Performer: Seal ("Secret")
 
| Act | Order | Song | Result | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Edita Abdieski | 1 | "Respect" | Safe | 
| Marlon Bertzbach | 2 | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | Bottom two | 
| Urban Candy | 3 | "Geh' davon aus" | Bottom two | 
| Mati Gavriel | 4 | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Safe | 
| Pino Severino | 5 | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | Safe | 
| Anthony Thet | 6 | "I'll Be Waiting" | Safe | 
| Big Soul | 7 | "Free Your Mind" | Safe | 
| Final showdown details | |||
| Marlon Bertzbach | 1 | "Last Request" | Safe | 
| Urban Candy | 2 | "Ding" | Eliminated | 
- Judges' votes to eliminate
 
- Brönner: Urban Candy, because they can't deliver their message and don't feel united as a group
 - Connor: Urban Candy, backed her own act Marlon Bertzbach
 - Glueck: Marlon Bertzbach, backed his own act Urban Candy
 
Week 4 (12 October 2010)
- Theme: Mystery Night
 - Celebrity Performers: Usher ("DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love") and Culcha Candela ("Move It")
 
| Act | Order | Song | Result | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlon Bertzbach | 1 | "Zombie" | Safe | 
| Edita Abdieski | 2 | "Heavy Cross" | Safe | 
| Pino Severino | 3 | "Sympathy for the Devil" | Bottom two | 
| Mati Gavriel | 4 | "Hallelujah" | Safe | 
| Big Soul | 5 | "Thriller" | Safe | 
| Anthony Thet | 6 | "Black Hole Sun" | Bottom two | 
| Final showdown details | |||
| Anthony Thet | 1 | "My Love Is Your Love" | Safe | 
| Pino Severino | 2 | "The Climb" | Eliminated | 
- Judges' votes to eliminate
 
- Brönner: Pino Severino, backed his own act Anthony Thet
 - Connor: Anthony Thet, backed her own act Pino Severino
 - Glueck: Pino Severino, because of his second bottom two appearance
 
Week 5 (19 October 2010)
- Theme: Loud vs. Quiet
 - Celebrity Performers: Till Brönner ("Summer Breeze")
 
| Act | Order | Loud Song | Quiet Song | Result | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mati Gavriel | 1 | "Song 2" | "Sexed Up" | Bottom two | 
| Big Soul | 2 | "Sex on Fire" | "One" | Safe | 
| Anthony Thet | 3 | "Walk This Way" | "Under the Bridge" | Safe | 
| Edita Abdieski | 4 | "Just Like a Pill" | "Russian Roulette" | Safe | 
| Marlon Bertzbach | 5 | "Closer to the Edge" | "Nothing Else Matters" | Bottom two | 
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Marlon Bertzbach | 1 | "Feeling Good" | Eliminated | |
| Mati Gavriel | 2 | "Hurt" | Safe | |
- Judge's vote to eliminate
 
- Brönner: Marlon Bertzbach
 - Connor: Marlon Bertzbach
 - Glueck: Marlon Bertzbach
 
Week 6 (26 October 2010)
- Theme: A night at the club
 - Celebrity Performers: Sarah Connor ("Real Love")
 
| Act | Order | Song 1 | Song 2 | Result | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Soul | 1 | "It's Raining Men" | "From Zero to Hero" | Bottom two | 
| Anthony Thet | 2 | "When Love Takes Over" | "Give It to Me Right" | Bottom two | 
| Edita Abdieski | 3 | "Why Don't You Love Me" | "Release Me" | Safe | 
| Mati Gavriel | 4 | "Music" | "California Gurls" | Safe | 
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Anthony Thet | 1 | "Never Ever" | Eliminated | |
| Big Soul | 2 | "You Can't Hurry Love" | Safe | |
- Judge's vote to eliminate
 
- Brönner: Big Soul, backed his own act Anthony Thet
 - Connor: Anthony Thet
 - Glueck: Anthony Thet, backed his own act Big Soul
 
Week 7 (2 November 2010)
- Theme: Michael Jackson & Friends
 - Celebrity Performers: Gossip ("Men in Love") and Flo Rida ("Club Can't Handle Me")
 - Group Performance: "Over the Rainbow"
 - The act with the fewest votes was eliminated from the competition.
 
| Act | Order | Friends Song | Order | Jackson Song[1] | Result | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edita Abdieski | 1 | "You Are So Beautiful" | 4 | "Blame It on the Boogie" | Safe | 
| Mati Gavriel | 2 | "Imagine" | 5 | "You Are Not Alone" | Eliminated | 
| Big Soul | 3 | "As" | 6 | "I'll Be There" | Safe | 
Week 8 (9 November 2010)
- Theme: Final
 - Celebrity Performers: "Loca" (Shakira) and "Bitte Hör nicht auf zu träumen" (Xavier Naidoo) and "Break my Chains" (Sarah Connor)
 - Group Performance (Top 9): "Back for Good"
 - The Celebrity Guests performed with one act.
 
| Act | Order | Song | Order | Celebrity Duet | Order | Winner's Song | Result | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Soul | 1 | "That's What Friends Are For" | 3 | "Underneath Your Clothes" (with Shakira) | 5 | "I've come to Life" | Runner-Up | 
| Edita Abdieski | 2 | "Run" | 4 | "Wo willst du hin?" (with Xavier Naidoo) | 6 | "I've come to Life" | Winner | 
External links
References
- ↑ "Presseportal: VOX Television GMBH - "X Factor": Entscheidung unter Tränen - Sarah Connor schickt ihren Schützling Marlon Bertzbach nach Hause". Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.